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Michael D. Poulin

Released
Date of birth:1942
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:2000s
Inmate Number:#14793-097
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 7 Months 14 Days
Support
Anti-War Anti-Imperialism Anarchism
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Biography

Michael Devlyn Poulin was a military veteran and anti-war activist associated with Spokane, Washington. In October 2003 he damaged electrical transmission towers across four western states in an action he described as exposing the vulnerability of U.S. infrastructure and opposing American military policy. He pleaded guilty and received a 27-month sentence.

He was released on bail December 23, 2003 and reported to prison April 2, 2004. After imprisonment in Memphis and Sheridan, he was transferred to a Spokane halfway house November 16, 2005 and paroled January 25, 2006. The 27-month sentence was not 27 uninterrupted months in prison. Sources: https://media.nukeresister.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/NR135_20041015small.pdf#page=4 ; https://media.nukeresister.org/wp-content/uploads/resister/nr139.pdf#page=7 ; https://media.nukeresister.org/wp-content/uploads/resister/nr140.pdf#page=7

Cases

FPC Sheridan
Charges: Damaging energy transmission infrastructure — symbolic anti-imperialist sabotage
Sentenced: Feb 18, 2004
Incarcerated: Apr 2, 2004
Released: Nov 16, 2005
Sentence: Sentenced February 18, 2004 to 27 months. Began serving April 2, 2004. Released from prison to a Spokane halfway house November 16, 2005, then paroled January 25, 2006. This record counts the documented prison interval; earlier pretrial detention is separate, and time free on bail and later halfway-house placement are not added to it. Sources: https://media.nukeresister.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/NR135_20041015small.pdf#page=4 ; https://media.nukeresister.org/wp-content/uploads/resister/nr139.pdf#page=7 ; https://media.nukeresister.org/wp-content/uploads/resister/nr140.pdf#page=7
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty
Institution State: Oregon
Charges: Damaging electricity transmission towers — pretrial detention before bail
Arrested: November 2003
Incarcerated: November 2003
Released: Dec 23, 2003
Sentence: Detained in early November 2003 after going to a California Highway Patrol office while arranging surrender. Contemporary reports differ on the day, so only November is recorded. Nuclear Resister confirms release on bail December 23, 2003. His separate prison term began April 2, 2004; the interval on bail is not imprisonment. Sources: https://media.nukeresister.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/NR135_20041015small.pdf#page=4 ; https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Man-guilty-of-damaging-power-transmission-towers-1130207.php